Google Launches Music Streaming/Radio Service All Access

As anticipated, Google today launched its very own music-streaming service, Billboard reports. According to the official announcement, made at Google's I/O conference, the service is called Google Play Music All Access. All Access, but at a cost: subscriptions to the service cost $9.99 per month. Those who sign up before June 30 receive a discounted monthly rate of $7.99. There's a free trial available for the first month, but no free, ad-supported, long-term version of the service, like rivals like Spotify offer.

It's unclear exactly how big Google's repository will be, but upon clearing licensing deals with Warner, Universal and Sony, they say the service will offer "millions of songs."

In addition to simple streaming, there's also a Pandora-like component to All Access: According to Billboard, "each song can with one click be turned into a radio station with 'a neverending list of tracks'. The "Explore" tab formulates recommendations for users. And the "Listen Now" tab features "new releases, recently added tracks, and automatically generated radio stations."